Example sentences of "hand and [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett rose , wiped his hands and went back into the priory . |
| 2 | I finished cleaning my mouth and hands and went back to the dead man 's chamber . |
| 3 | Before either of his listeners could reply to these curt instructions , fitzAlan shoved his reins into the other man 's hands and strode off towards the forebuilding without another word . |
| 4 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 5 | Another runner threw up his hands and walked out in the middle of one afternoon . |
| 6 | Faced with a national drought that was playing havoc with his own garden and those of his village neighbours , one Richard Bullock took matters into his own hands and ended up in the dock for his pains . |
| 7 | I slithered from his hands and sat down on the ground and he dragged me up . |
| 8 | These must follow the example of the hands and move back down the board as the wind increases . |
| 9 | He seized Maisie by the hand and walked back to the car . |
| 10 | He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and walked back into the bedroom . |
| 11 | She patted his hand and looked out at the sunlight glittering on London 's rubbish . |
| 12 | The coroner wiped his nose on the back of his hand and stared up at the sky . |
| 13 | He took Hasan 's hand and went out into the clear light of April . |
| 14 | He shook my hand and strode out of the tavern . |
| 15 | You want er you want a letter carried by hand and given in to the hand of Douglas MacArthur ? |
| 16 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 17 | He slipped a clean fork quietly on Nicandra 's right hand and moved back to the sideboard , the rhubarb fool and the junket , in his perfect colourless way . |
| 18 | Mr. Decker grinned weakly , made a vague gesture with his hand and moved off down the aisle to buy an ice cream . |
| 19 | The woman clung to Julia 's hand and broke down for the first time , weeping and pouring out a torrent of Italian that Julia was incapable of translating for herself . |
| 20 | The Chargé waved a hand and turned back into the group . |
| 21 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |